Mike Martin was a man of simple tastes. He liked his mannequins, and he liked ‘em busty. It’s easy to imagine him spending many a happy afternoon in his Beloit, Wisconsin home, smearing resin around their breasts until they’d puffed to the size of blimps. Now, Martin is gone, but his army of buxom mannequins—and their…

Over the past several months, professional rap star impersonator Tyga has been been spotted with three women reported as “Kylie Jenner Lookalikes.” Given that Kylie Jenner was regularly referred to “White Chyna” at the start of their relationship (remember that he is the father of Chyna’s son, King), this is…

Very few actual human bodies are built like mannequins. Hell, actual human clothes don't even fit mannequins, hence the plentiful binding clips that pull and tease clothing they're supposed to model into the proper configuration. But that may be changing.

Are mannequins just garment enhancers that let prospective consumers visualize what an outfit looks like on a human body, or are they creepy holdovers from the Egyptian aesthetes that first help shape the Western gaze? Both, of course — according to a recent overview of mannequin history in Collectors Weekly, the…

This mannequin is from the Swedish department store Åhléns. Notice anything different about it? Unlike its waifish cousins silently judging you from the Wet Seal store window, this mannequin is based on a model between sizes 12 and 16 (according to Good's Yasha Wallin, the average woman is a size 14).

Retailers have finally figured out how to lure customers back into stores: More unusual mannequins. The theory is that mannequins with more personality will help customers imagine what they'd look like in an outfit — if they were posing in one position and possibly lacking a head.

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Each is mind-blowingly strange in its own way! The Barack Obama-ish one is kinda handsome, but number 8 — which I've had the misfortune to see in a store — should be discontinued for its nightmarish qualities. [Refinery 29]